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01-04-2010 | Consensus Statement
Consensus statement of the consortium for laparoendoscopic single-site surgery
Authors:
Inderbir S. Gill, Arnold P. Advincula, Monish Aron, Jeffrey Caddedu, David Canes, Paul G. Curcillo II, Mihir M. Desai, John C. Evanko, Tomasso Falcone, Victor Fazio, Matthew Gettman, Andrew A. Gumbs, Georges-Pascal Haber, Jihad H. Kaouk, Fernando Kim, Stephanie A. King, Jeffrey Ponsky, Feza Remzi, Homero Rivas, Alexander Rosemurgy, Sharona Ross, Philip Schauer, Rene Sotelo, Jose Speranza, John Sweeney, Julio Teixeira
Published in:
Surgical Endoscopy
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Issue 4/2010
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Excerpt
Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) and single-port access surgery are significant new developments, surely not the last, in the continuing evolution of minimally invasive therapies. The potential these advances may hold for improved clinical outcomes is just beginning to be realized. Minimally invasive surgeons have already begun to use single-incision access to perform a range of clinical procedures, with little to no formal guidance. Despite design shortcomings, currently available ports, instruments, optics, and supplemental technologies such as robotics have been used successfully to obtain initial experiences with these novel approaches. …
